Biscuit Belly is open at 11657 W. Broad St., the chain's first Richmond-area restaurant. Open 7:30 a.m. daily, to 2 p.m. weekdays and 3 p.m. Friday to Sunday.

Biscuit Belly, a breakfast and brunch chain built around scratch-made biscuits, is now open at 11657 W. Broad St. in Short Pump.

The company’s Short Pump location page lists the store with its hours and an online ordering link. Its locations list showed the store as open on Sunday, Nov. 1.

The restaurant passed its pre-opening inspection by the Virginia Department of Health on Friday, Oct. 23, according to the state’s food inspection database. That inspection is the last step before a new restaurant can serve customers in Henrico County.

Hours and contact

From the company’s Short Pump page:
Address 11657 W. Broad St.
Monday to Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday to Sunday 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Phone 804-459-8883

What is on the menu

The menu is mostly biscuit sandwiches. Among them:

  • The Rockwell: fried chicken breast, cheddar and sausage gravy
  • The Hot Brown: an open-faced biscuit with turkey, smoked gouda mornay, bacon and roasted tomato
  • Mama’s Boy: fried chicken with roasted jalapeño pimento cheese, spicy pickles and a fried green tomato
  • The Love Shack: an open-faced biscuit with brie, honey, berry jam, fresh berries and pralines

Sides include cheesy grits, fried green tomatoes and loaded breakfast tots. There are pancakes, biscuit doughnut holes the chain calls “Bonuts,” a coffee menu and brunch cocktails, including mimosas and an espresso martini. The menu page does not list base prices.

The chain’s story page says it was started by Chad and Lauren Coulter, former pharmacists, and that executive chef Tavis Rockwell spent three months on its biscuit recipe.

More on the way in the region

Short Pump is Biscuit Belly’s first restaurant in the Richmond area. The company’s list shows two others open in Virginia, in Norfolk and Chesapeake, and a Chesterfield County location marked “Coming Soon” with no address or date yet. In all, the list covers about two dozen open and planned locations in nine states.

What it means for you

Short Pump gets another weekday breakfast stop on West Broad Street, open from 7:30 a.m. every day. It closes in the early afternoon, at 2 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 3 p.m. Friday to Sunday.

Our new businesses page tracks every pre-opening health inspection and commercial building permit in Short Pump’s ZIP codes each month. Our guide to breakfast and coffee in Short Pump lists the other early options nearby.